With twenty years of experience helping institutions find the most qualified candidates for upper level positions, William Spelman Executive Search has reviewed thousands of résumés and interviewed countless candidates. We’ve learned a great deal about how the job candidate—you—can best present yourself. By offering this guide to you, we’ll share our collective experience and help you put your best foot forward as an applicant for positions that seek your skills and experience.

What You Can Expect From Our Guide.

In this guide are important questions for consideration, tips about how to best present your résumé in context of the job for which you’ve applied, interview tips, samples of an application letter and résumé, and much more.Review the chapter listing

We appreciated the guidance Leila and Megan provided when we decided to revamp the position from Dean of Students to Associate VP/Dean of Students last fall. The new search resulted in a highly qualified pool of applicants. We are very pleased to report that Dr. Cockrell is now on board as our new AVP/Dean of Students at The University of Toledo.

Katherine Wilson, Sr. Business Manager, The University of Toledo

Once again, you are to be commended for identifying such excellent professionals and for giving us the opportunity to bring them to our campus.

James Gump, Committee Chair, Associate Professor of History, University of San Diego